Quote Originally Posted by Patler View Post
You can forget everything earlier and focus on just the final drive. A legend would be cemented by Rodgers driving the team to a final TD, and the win. He started out fantastically, but couldn't seal the deal when the drive fizzled out with two incomplete passes and a throw short of the first down. You can question (second-guess) his decision on each of the final three plays:

- On first down, knowing the critical nature of the situation, and with positive yardage in front of him, gimpy or not, should he have just kept the ball, picked up whatever yardage he could, and not risk the incomplete pass?

- On second down, some say he had lots of running room again, and/or he had Adams wide open on the opposite side. Did he pick the worst of three options?

- On third down, no one else to throw to already in 1st down territory?

We've all seen athletes come through in the most dire of situations, sometimes throwing caution to the wind regarding their own injuries, and doing everything they can to win the game. We've seen athletes make astounding plays, finding opportunities most would not. We've seen athletes take huge gambles to win the game. For whatever reason, Rodgers did none of those in his final three plays. Was he too cautious? Should he have been more daring with his own well-being and with the plays he went to?

I don't know the answers to any of those questions, but there is no disputing that an opportunity to win was there, and Rodgers delivered only the tie, which proved to be inadequate.
Before that last drive Vs Seattle:

Aaron Rodgers had 12 game winning drives in 37 opportunities. That's a 32.34 % success rate.